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Muscle growth: no IGFs, ands, or buts
Author(s) -
Hamilton D. Lee,
Baar Keith
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.147660
Subject(s) - muscle hypertrophy , growth hormone , endocrinology , hormone , medicine , skeletal muscle , insulin , growth factor , muscle strength , biology , receptor
First paragraph: Over the past few years, news of positive drug tests, BALCO, and tarnished records have led many people to wonder whether it is possible to have sports without drugs. The crux of this question is whether it is possible to have muscle growth without the growth factor and hormone drugs that all too many athletes take